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Monday, 24 November 2025
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Silver
Silver compounds are toxic to bacteria, viruses, fungi and algae.
Compounds of other heavy metals, such as copper, lead, or mercury, also have such properties, but si ...
Mushrooms
Once mushrooms were included in the world of plants, a group of Thallophytes.
Their limited ability to move, growth type, and morphological dissimilarity from animals have been s ...
Enceladus
The closest Cassini flyby over the surface of Enceladus took place in October 2015.
The probe, moving at a speed of 35.000 km/h, examined the composition of the material ejected by the geysers.
Aurora
There are two types of auroras: northern - Aurora Borealis, and southern - Aurora Australis.
Phobos
Some even speculate that this body may not come from a nearby asteroid belt, but from the outer regions of the Solar System.
The most recent theory proposes that both Phobos and Deimos shared a common progenitor that shattered upon collision with another object, forming two Mars satellites.
Deimos
The Swift Crater is 1 km in diameter while the Voltaire Crater is 1.9 km in diameter.
They are located close to each other in the northern hemisphere, right near the prime meridian.
Aurora
In Finnish, the aurora is referred to as "revontulet, " which means "fox fire".
The name comes from the legend of an arctic fox that ran north, spreading its tail sparks of fire shining in the moonlight.
Snow
Snowfall has also been observed on Mars.
They were observed by the Phoenix probe. The snow fell from clouds flowing four kilometers above the ...
Brain
Involving your brain in activities that involve solving logical problems reduces the likelihood of developing dementia by approximately 63%.
For health reasons, you should therefore perform as many tasks as possible involving the brain. Read ...
Milky Way
It is almost as old as our Universe.
Its age is estimated at 13.6 ± 0.8 billion years, so it may be only 100 million years younger than the Universe.